Text: | Here, O My Lord, I See |
Author: | Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 |
Tune: | PENITENTIA |
Composer: | Edward Dearle, 1806-1891 |
1 Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face;
Here would I touch and handle things unseen,
Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace,
And all my weariness upon Thee lean.
2 Here would I feed upon the bread of God,
Here drink with Thee the royal wine of heaven,
Here would I lay aside each earthly load,
Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven.
3 Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear;
The feast, though not the love, is past and gone;
The bread and wine remove: but Thou art here,
Nearer than ever– still my shield and sun.
4 Feast after feast thus comes, and passes by;
Yet, passing, points to the glad feast above,
Giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy,
The Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love.
AMEN.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face |
Title: | Here, O My Lord, I See |
Author: | Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 10 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Topic: | The Lord's Supper |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PENITENTIA |
Composer: | Edward Dearle, 1806-1891 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 10 |
Key: | E♭ Major |